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Clinton has been a good student of international economics, grasping the inexorable forces that are changing the shape of the world day by day. Some critics fault him for settling for a country-by-country approach instead of trying to build a new world economic architecture. In any case, that policy is foundering as weak governments fail to give the markets what they demand...
Linguistics professor Deborah Tannen tells TIME this week (see Notebook) that men hardly ever apologize because doing so "entails admitting fault," and that "shows weakness"--and the next thing you know, some stronger type is clubbing you over the head and taking over your cave. That may be why Clinton, in Moscow last Wednesday, felt he had to defend his refusal to apologize for his refusal to apologize. He said he reread his speech and thought it was just fine. That was one nonapology too many for friends like Senator Joseph Lieberman, who led an outpouring of criticism that...
Clinton admitted his mistake (to a certain degree), then spent the rest of his Aug. 17 speech attacking Ken Starr. But Clinton brought this on himself. Couldn't he just say, "I'm sorry. It was all my fault. I misled the American people and my family, and I am the only one to blame"? No. He basically blamed Starr. Enough is enough. It's time for a change. JUSTIN DUDLEY, 15 Iowa Park, Texas...
...going to all this trouble, why not just address the nation again? According to TIME Washington correspondent Jay Branegan, that's not Clinton's style. "For the President, bite-sized bunches of apology are better than another major speech... admitting fault and personal guilt is not his strength." Besides, how many people really need to know just how sorry he is? Right now, the answer is a mere 535 members of Congress...
...Which, according to TIME Washington correspondent Jay Branegan, is another baby step in the right direction. "This is the beginning of a strategy of bite-size pieces of apology from Clinton, rather than another major speech," says Branegan. "Admitting fault and personal guilt is not his strength." But after eating humble pie with top Democrats Wednesday morning -- and getting a positive reaction -- the President has apparently decided to take his contrition show on the road. And not a moment too soon. Once Congress starts sifting through a ton of material relating to his private foibles, Clinton may have...